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Protesters in the square in Tskhinvali, December 9, 2020. Screenshot of the post on Instagram "ЧП/Цхинвал" https://www.instagram.com/p/CIlky-Yr_XJ/
23:59, 15 December 2020
President of South Ossetia willing to meet Inal Djabiev's family
Relatives of deceased Inal Djabiev disagree with the results of a forensic examination, and that fact prevents the transfer of the criminal case to court, states Anatoly Bibilov, President of South Ossetia. The leader of the republic has also added that he will pay for the repeated forensic examination if the family has financial difficulties and will meet the relatives of Inal Djabiev at any time.
Afghan Sadygov. Screenshot of the video by azel tv Hakimiyyətin son fırıldaq çabası-Əfqan Sadıqov https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNwWuK1CoIQ
23:54, 15 December 2020
Azerbaijani journalist Afghan Sadygov transferred to intravenous nutrition
Journalist Afghan Sadygov has been refusing to accept food and water for the 42nd day in a SIZO (pre-trial prison). The SIZO medical staff began to administer intravenous food to Afghan Sadygov. According to physician Aidar Abdullin, intravenous injections of nutrients are applied to critically ill patients.
Araik Arutyunyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
19:32, 15 December 2020
Political analysts see mistake in Nagorno-Karabakh President's refusal to meet OSCE Minsk Group co-Chairs
Araik Arutyunyan, President of Nagorno-Karabakh, refused to meet the co-Chairs of the OSCE Minsk Group from the United States and France. The Russian co-Chair did not come to the meeting due to illness. Araik Arutyunyan has missed a rare chance to discuss with the mediators the status of Nagorno-Karabakh and the problems that arose after the war, political analysts note.
The border between Azerbaijan and Dagestan. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWxcpv2bKhU
19:26, 15 December 2020
Azerbaijani citizen claims being unable to return home from Dagestan
For several months, the family of Nadir Shakhbazov has been unable to reunite with their daughter in Azerbaijan because of the closed border with Dagestan and irregular departure of people to their homeland. The family members have to rent an apartment and are short of money to pay tickets for a plane.
Clashes between the police and protesters. Batumi, December 13, 2020. Screenshot of the video by "Sputnik Грузия" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XW3Phkw6Mis&feature=emb_title"
17:20, 15 December 2020
Activists arrested after protest action in Batumi
The court has sentenced six protesters against the outcomes of the Georgian parliamentary elections to seven days of arrest each. They were detained on December 13, after an attempt to enter the Adjara parliament building and clashes with the police.
Residents of Nagorno-Karabakh return home from Armenia. December 1, 2020. Screenshot of the video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sTBy9xrC7I&feature=emb_logo
16:59, 15 December 2020
Over 500 refugees return to Nagorno-Karabakh over past 24 hours
The Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has reported that 566 refugees had been brought to Stepanakert by buses from Yerevan, accompanied by patrols of Russian peacemakers and military policemen.
10:53, 15 December 2020
Armenian reservists disappear in Gadrut District
Six Armenian reservists have suffered during the shootout near the villages of Khtsaberd and Khin Takher; ten others have been presumably taken prisoners of war (POWs), Stepanakert has stated.
10:50, 15 December 2020
44 POWs returned to Armenia
During the Yerevan-Baku exchange of prisoners of war (POWs), 44 of them have been returned to Armenia, but some of Armenian ones remain in Azerbaijan, the Karabakh authorities have informed.
Abdulmumin Gadjiev. © Photo from the website of the Human Rights Centre "Memorial", memohrc.org
09:54, 15 December 2020
Rights defenders put Gadjiev on list of repressed journalists
In 2020, Russia is one of the leaders in the number of imprisoned journalists, Abdulmumin Gadjiev, an editor of the "Chernovik" (Draft) portal among them, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has reported.
Ali Khamkhoev. Photo: FortangaOrg https://fortanga.org/2020/12/sud-ostavil-ali-hamhoeva-pod-arestom/
09:48, 15 December 2020
Arrest of Ingush activist, Ali Khamkhoev, in Magas protest case upheld
Ali Khamkhoev, a resident of Ingushetia, suspected of using violence against a state official at a rally in Magas, will remain under arrest until January 25, 2021.
Russian peacemakers in Nagorno-Karabakh. November 14, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer
09:24, 15 December 2020
Analysts explain incident in Gadrut District by parties' unclear agreements
Azerbaijani militaries should retreat to their initial positions after their offensive in the vicinity of the Karabakh villages of Khtsaberd and Khin Takher, Russian analysts believe. The incident in the Gadrut District was caused by the parties' unclear agreements; while the Russia's position should be tougher, the experts have stated.
At the scene of the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. December 2020. Photo by Aziz Karimov for the "Caucasian Knot"
09:14, 15 December 2020
Four Azerbaijani militaries arrested for crimes committed in Nagorno-Karabakh
Two junior warrant officers of the Azerbaijani Army have been accused of mocking the bodies of their enemies; and two soldiers – of desecrating graves, the General Prosecutor's Office (GPO) of Azerbaijan has reported.
The mother of the blogger Malika Djikaeva apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov. Screenshot www.instagram.com/p/CIxkWUiK7m8/
23:58, 14 December 2020
Mother of notorious blogger Malika Djikaeva apologizes to Ramzan Kadyrov
The mother of Malika Djikaeva, an Instagram blogger from North Ossetia, requested Ramzan Kadyrov to help free her daughter from arrest in Chechnya and apologized for her shocking videos on social networks.
A collapsed roof of the house. Nagorno-Karabakh, November 16, 2020. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
23:50, 14 December 2020
Armenian villages of Khtsaberd and Khin Takher stay without residents
Residents left the villages of Khtsaberd and Khin Takher during the hostilities. The Armenian forces stay in the Khtsaberd village, while in the Khin Takher village, Russian peacekeepers and Azerbaijani soldiers stay and negotiate.
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. Photo: Hayk Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS
23:48, 14 December 2020
Nikol Pashinyan calls reports about his resignation a fake
Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan called false the messages reporting that his family members had already left the country. He refused to leave his post ahead of schedule.
Themis statue. Photo: Yuri Grechko / Yugopolis
21:13, 14 December 2020
Chechen law enforcers get suspended sentences for illegal detention of Dagestani resident
In Gudermes, a court found Bekkhan Abdurashidov and Aslan Dukaev, former fighters of the National Guard of Russia, guilty of illegally detaining Alexei Kardashov, a resident of Dagestan, who disappeared after the detention. Each of the law enforcers was sentenced to 3.5 years of suspended imprisonment, and human rights defenders consider the above sentence to be too lenient.
Burnt military trucks in the Karvachar District of Nagorno-Karabakh, November 2020. Photo by Armine Martirosyan for the "Caucasian Knot"
20:58, 14 December 2020
Nikol Pashinyan announces three-day mourning for deceased in Nagorno-Karabakh
On December 19, on the fortieth day after the end of the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh, a three-day mourning for the deceased will begin in Armenia, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan announces.
Deminers. The Agdam District of Azerbaijan, November 25, 2020. Photo: REUTERS/Aziz Karimov
20:33, 14 December 2020
Three persons fell victim to landmine explosion in Agdam District
A landmine explosion occurred in the Agdam District of Azerbaijan. As a result, a civilian was killed, and two more persons, including a military man, were injured.
A checkpoint in the Lachin Corridor controlled by peacemakers. Photo by the press service of the Russian Ministry of Defence http://mil.ru/russian_peacekeeping_forces/news/more.htm?id=12330062@egNews
17:08, 14 December 2020
Peacemakers report on checkpoint strengthening in Lachin Corridor
The checkpoints in the Lachin Corridor are equipped with protection against gunfire and shrapnel, the Russian Ministry of Defence (MoD) has informed. The situation in the Gadrut District after the recent clash is calm, said Rustam Muradov, the commander of the peacemaking contingent.
Participants of a protest action in Yerevan, December 14, 2020. Screenshot of the video by "Novosti-Armenia" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LvKHIqBkZA&feature=youtu.be
17:01, 14 December 2020
Armenian activists demand to restart OSCE Minsk Group
Armenian authorities should be more proactive in seeking the restart of negotiations on Nagorno-Karabakh within the OSCE Minsk Group, protesters in Yerevan have claimed. Azerbaijan insists that the conflict has already been settled by military means.
News
Military operation in Ukraine. Still from a Russian Ministry of Defense video: https://z.mil.ru/spec_mil_oper/media/video/watch.htm?id=18838@morfVideoAudioFile The number of fighters from southern Russia killed in Ukraine has reached 9,050.

Domestic violence. Illustration created by the "Caucasian Knot" using AI in Photoshop. Human rights activists have recorded a surge in requests for assistance in the North Caucasus.

The court seized more than 80 substations in Dagestan from Magomed Kaitov.

LEGAL TEXTS
The illustration was created by the Caucasian Knot using AI The peace agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan, as well as other documents signed at the meeting with Trump on August 8, 2025

The “Caucasian Knot" publishes the agreement on the establishment of peace and interstate relations between Azerbaijan and Armenia, which was initialed by Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan and Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev on August 8, 2025, through the mediation of US President Donald Trump. The meeting of Trump, Aliyev and Pashinyan took place on August 8 in Washington. Following the meeting, Pashinyan and Aliyev also signed a joint declaration. In addition to the agreements between Armenia and Azerbaijan, Trump signed a number of separate memoranda with Aliyev and Pashinyan....

Personalities
Zelimkhan Khangoshvili. Photo courtesy of press service of HRC 'Memorial', http://memohrc.org/ Zelimkhan Khangoshvili

A participant of the second Chechen military campaign, one of the field commanders close to Shamil Basaev and Aslan Maskhadov. Shot dead in Berlin in 2019.

Magomed Daudov. Photo: screenshot of the video http://video.agaclip.com/w=atDtPvLYH9o Magomed Daudov

Magomed "Lord" Daudov is a former Chechen militant who was awarded the title of "Hero of Russia", the chairman of the Chechen parliament under Ramzan Kadyrov.

Tumso Abdurakhmanov. Screenshot from video posted by Abu-Saddam Shishani [LIVE] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIR3s7AB0Uw Tumso Abdurakhmanov

Tumso Abdurakhmanov is a blogger from Chechnya. After a conflict with Ramzan Kadyrov's relative, he left the republic and went first to Georgia, and then to Poland, where he is trying to get political asylum.